The Ontario SPCA seeks information from the public on four deceased white rats

The Ontario SPCA seeks information from the public on four deceased white rats

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - SEVERN TOWNSHIP, ON (Oct. 2, 2018) – The Ontario SPCA is seeking the public’s assistance in finding more information on four white rats found deceased in a medium-size cage.

On Sunday Sept. 30, 2018, a local citizen found the cage containing the rats just off a private Canadian Pacific Railway trail at the corner of Anderson Line and Southorn Road in Severn Township. The cage had blankets and towels inside, one of which was white with an old red fire truck embroidered on the bottom.

The Ontario SPCA is treating this situation as suspicious and is asking anyone with information on these rats to contact 310-SPCA (7722).

Protecting animals since 1873, Ontario SPCA is Ontario's animal welfare organization. A registered charity comprised of close to 50 communities.

Since 1919, when Ontario's first animal welfare legislation was proclaimed, the Ontario SPCA, with the help of its Communities, has been entrusted to maintain and enforce animal welfare legislation. The Act provides Ontario SPCA Agents and Inspectors with police powers to do so.